The OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance focuses on providing SWR Institute members
and others in the sealant, waterproofing, and restoration industry, including
small businesses, with information and guidance that will help them protect
employees' health and safety. Through the Alliance, the organizations are
addressing workplace issues such as confined spaces, falls, lead and silica
hazards and staging requirements.

April 22, 2008
June 4, 2008
June 17, 2008
July 28, 2008
August 22, 2008
September 18, 2008
January 7, 2009

Joint Meeting of the Design for Safety
Workgroup and Fall Protection Workgroup
Implementation Team Meeting
Workshop Development Meeting
Workshop Development Meeting
Workshop Development Meeting
Joint Meeting of the Design for Safety Workgroup and Fall Protection Workgroup
Implementation Team Meeting

Results

Products and events

Outreach and Communication Goals

Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the
recognition and prevention of workplace hazards and to provide expertise in
developing ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic
media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and the SWR Institute's Web
sites) to employers and employees in the industry.

Products

OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance Web page

OSHA is continuing to update and maintain the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance
Web page that is posted on the OSHA Web site. The page includes the OSHA and
SWR Institute Alliance agreement, renewal agreements, annual reports, news
releases, information on activities and events, and links to resources
developed by SWR Institute through the Alliance Program.

SWR Institute Web site

SWR Institute maintains an OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance Web page on its
Web site. The page has information on the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance and
links to the OSHA Web site. In addition, the page features links to resources
developed by SWR Institute through the Alliance Program, including a Fall
Protection Slide Presentation and a SWR Institute Safety and Health Manual.

Publications and Newsletters

Information on the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance activities and OSHA's
compliance assistance resources appeared in BNA's Occupational Safety and
Health Reporter. For more information, please see the "Alliance Program
Reach" table.

SWR Institute joined with more than 50 other Alliance Program participants to
support 2008 NAOSH Week. NAOSH Week, sponsored by the American Society of
Safety Engineers, an Alliance Program participant, focuses on increasing the
understanding of the positive benefits of investing in occupational safety,
health and environmental programs among employers, employees and the public;
raising awareness of the role and contribution of safety, health and
environmental professionals; and reducing workplace injuries and illness by
encouraging new safety and health activities at all companies and
organizations. The theme for the 2008 NAOSH Week was "Safety is Good
Business." In support of NAOSH Week, SWR Institute posted information
regarding 2008 NAOSH Week on the SWR Institute and OSHA Alliance Web page on
the SWR Institute Web site.

National Safety Council 2008 Congress and Exposition, September 19-26,
2008, Anaheim, California

On September 23, 2008, Michael Walterschied, Area Director, Region III,
Baltimore/Washington Area Office, USDOL-OSHA, gave a "Keynote Presentation"
to 190 sealant waterproofing and restoration executives and safety and health
professionals during the SWR Institute Fall 2008 Technical Meeting in
Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, on September 23, 2008, Michael Buchet
presented, "Construction Industry Issues" to 200 sealant waterproofing and
restoration executives and safety and health professionals at the meeting.

Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health
professionals regarding SWR Institute's best practices or effective
approaches and publicize results through outreach by SWR Institute and
through OSHA- or SWR Institute-developed materials, training programs,
workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

Products

SWR Institute Safety and Health Field Manual

Through the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance, SWR Institute developed a draft
SWR Institute Safety and Health Field Manual. The draft field manual
addresses issues associated with sealant and waterproofing industry
worksites, including competent person, aerial & scissor lift, excavation and
trenching, fall protection, and respiratory protection. SWR Institute shared
the draft field manual with OSHA for review and comment. The SWR Institute
Safety and Health Field Manual is expected to be completed by summer 2009.

Promote and encourage SWR Institute members' or worksites' participation
in OSHA's cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, the Voluntary
Protection Programs, and the Consultation Program and its Safety and Health
Achievement Recognition Program.

The OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance Implementation Team is working to
identify another SWR Institute member company who used On-site Consultation
Program and is willing to share its experience as a success story.

Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health Goal

Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, or stakeholder
meetings on safety and health issues to help forge innovative solutions in
the workplace.

SWR Institute is continuing to participate in the Design for Safety and Fall
Protection Workgroups that were created at the Alliance Program's
Construction Roundtable on July 8, 2004. During the reporting period, SWR
Institute participated in the following meetings:

On April 22, 2008, Ron Pilla joined representatives from other
construction-related Alliances and participated in a joint meeting of the
Fall Protection and Design for Safety Workgroups in Washington, DC. During
the meeting, the group discussed a number of initiatives, including
enhancing the fall protection slide presentation with a design for safety
component and information on residential falls. The group also began
working on an outline for a new "Design for Fall Prevention and Protection"
slide presentation focusing on the top 10 most frequent types of falls. The
presentation, targeted to designers and business owners, would include
information on making the business case for safety and health and
construction-related fatalities, the reason or problem that caused the
fall, and recommended design changes or solutions to help prevent the fall.
In addition, the group discussed a potential national awareness outreach
campaign focusing on fatalities in the construction industry targeted to
the public, employees, general contractors with a special emphasis on
business owners and designers. OSHA provided an update on other national
outreach campaigns, including OSHA's Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign and
NAOSH Week.

On September 18, 2008, Ron Pilla joined representatives from other
construction-related Alliances and participated in a joint meeting of the
Fall Protection and Design for Safety Workgroups in Washington, DC. During
the meeting, the group discussed common construction-related interests and
further refined the promising project ideas developed at a previously-held
January 2008 Alliance Program Construction Roundtable. The group also
received updates on the "Design for Construction Safety 2-4 Hour Course,"
and Design for Construction Safety Web site. Further, the group also
reviewed and provided feedback on the draft "Prevention of Fall Fatalities
and Injuries in Construction" slide presentation, received an update on the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's prevention through
design initiative, and discussed a white paper on a proposed national
public awareness outreach campaign focusing on fatalities in the
construction industry. In addition, the group formed two new subgroups. The
first subgroup will focus on strains/sprains and material handling. The
second subgroup will develop case studies and success stories related to
design for safety and falls in construction industry.

Executive Summary

Through the Alliance Program, OSHA and SWR Institute continued to work together
to address safety and health issues in the sealant, waterproofing and
restoration industry. Through the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance, SWR
Institute developed a draft SWR Institute Safety and Health Field Manual. The
draft field manual addresses issues associated with sealant and waterproofing
industry worksites, including competent person, aerial & scissor lift,
excavation and trenching, fall protection, and respiratory protection.

On September 23, 2008, Michael Walterschied gave a "Keynote Presentation"
to 190 sealant waterproofing and restoration executives and safety and health
professionals during the SRI Institute Fall 2008 Technical Meeting in
Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, on September 23, 2008, Michael Buchet
presented, "Construction Industry Issues" to 200 sealant waterproofing and
restoration executives and safety and health professionals at the meeting.

On September 24, 2008, Lee Anne Jillings, Ron Pilla and Rob Matuga
presented an Alliance-developed technical session entitled "Safety and Health
Resources - Tools for the Construction Industry" to 30 safety and health
professionals at the National Safety Council 2008 Congress and Exposition in
Anaheim, California.

SWR Institute joined with more than 50 other Alliance Program
participants to support 2008 NAOSH Week.

Ron Pilla joined representatives from other construction-related
Alliances and participated in joint meetings of the Fall Protection and
Design for Safety Workgroups in Washington, DC on April 22, 2008 and
September 18, 2008.

The OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance implementation team has discussed a number
of activities that will be undertaken in the upcoming year. OSHA and SWR
Institute plan to renew the Alliance agreement for an additional two years on
the same terms as the current Alliance. Through the Alliance, SWR Institute will
finalize the Safety and Health Field Manual. The manual will address over twenty
topics including aerial & scissor lifts, fall protection, ladders, and
respiratory protection.

In addition, members of the SWR Institute will continue to serve on OSHA's
Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Industry, and Respiratory Protection
Safety and Health Topics pages editorial boards and will review and provide
comments on the pages. SWR Institute members will also attend meetings of the
Alliance Program Construction Roundtable, Design for Safety Workgroup and Fall
Protection Workgroup meetings when scheduled.

Finally, SWR Institute will support 2009 NAOSH Week and invite OSHA
representatives to speak at the SWR Institute Fall 2009 Technical Meeting in
October 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland.